Territory



(Model.)

lR. BUTTER.

WAGON BRAKE.

No. 216,214. Patented 11ug.23,1881.

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UNr-ra Srafres Aralar @rama ROBERT BUTTER, vOF DILLON, MONTANA TERltlTORY.

WAGON-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,214, dated August 23, 1881.

Application filed April 14, 188i.

Towtll whom it may concern Be it known that l, ROBERT BUTTER. of Dillon, in the county of Beaver Head and Territory of Montana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in facon Brakes, of which the following' is a specification.

Figure' l is a side elevation of my improvement, shown as applied to a wagon, the brakebar and wagon-axle being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the improvement detached. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of' the same, taken through the line x x, Fig. 2, and showing the wagon-axle in section.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the reversingof the brake-roller, to allow the brake-lever to be placed at the left-hand side of the wagon when the brake is to be put on by a man riding; the near wheel-horse, and to be placed at the right-hand side of the wagon when the brake is to be put on by the driver riding in the wagon.

The invention consists in the combination, with the brake-roller and the axle-clip having` its yokeextended forward and provided with a half-bearing, rof the brace-bar, also provided with a half-bearing', whereby the brake-roller will be firmly supported from both sides and can be readily reversed, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A are the rear wheels, B are the forward wheels, C is the rear axle, D is the forward axle, E is the reach, F are the hounds, and G is the body, of an ordinary freight-wagon, about the construction of which parts there is nothin g new.

lzl is the brake-bar, which is supported from the body Gr, or from the reach E and hounds l", in the ordinary manner. The brake-bar H is provided with shoes I, to bear against the wheels A when the brake is applied.

To the middle part of' the brake-bar H is attached the forward end of the connecting-rod J, the rear end of which is hinged to the lower end of the arm K formed upon the middle part of the brake-roller L. The brake roller L works in half-bearings formed in the forwardly-projecting ends of the clip-yokes M, and in half-bearings in the bars N, placed beneath the (Model.)

said clp-yokes M. The yokes M and bars N 'through them to receive the arms of the clipbows 0, that pass around the rear axle, C, and are secured upon the said arms by nuts. The yokes M and bars N, at the forward side of the rear axle, C, are bent or inclined upward to bring,` the brake-roller L above the level of the lower side of the rear axle, C, so that the said brake-roller will be out of the way ofthe couplingchains when two or more wagons are coupled together. The forward ends of the yokcs M, at the forward side of the brake-roller L, are secured to the bars N by bolts P. The bars N are extended upward and forward, and their forward ends are secured to the hounds F or body G by screws or bolts. Thebrake-roller L has a head, Q, formed upon one end to rest against one side 0f the bearings i'n the yoke M and bar N, and has a collar, li, formed upon it to rest against the other side ofthe said bearings, so that the said roller L will be held securely against longitudinal movement. The other end of the brake-roller L is bent upward at right angles to form an arm, S, to the end of which is attached the rear end of the connecting-rod 'l, the forward end of' which is attached to the lever U at a little distance from its lower end. The lower end of the lever U is pivoted to life lower part of the wagon-body Gr.

Upon the opposite sides of the lever U are formed lips V, to engage with the teeth of the catch-bar YV, the ends of which are curved inward and are bolted to the side of the wagonbody Gr, so .that the said oatol1bar will serve as a keeper for the lever U, and so that the said catch-bar can be attached to either side ofthe wagon-body G, as required.

W'ith this construction, by removing the nuts of the clips O M and taking out the bolts P the brake-roller L can be conveniently reversed to bring the lever U to either side of the wagon-body, according` as the brake is to be put on, by means of a jerk-cord operated by a man riding` the near wheel-horse, or by a driver riding in the wagon.

With this construction, also, the brakeroller L is supported from both sides, and will thus be irnier and provided with e half-bearing, substantially as 1o steedier thu-n when supported only upon one herein shown and described, whereby the side. brake-roller Will be firmly supported and can Havingtlius described my invention, l claim be readily reversed, es set forth. as new and desire to secure by Letters Paten tl 1n a, wagon-brake, the combination, with the brake-roller L and the axle-clip M O, hm*- fitnessesa ing its yoke extended forward and provided W. C. SNYDER. with e half-bearing, of the brace-ber N, also XVM. SMITH.

ROBER'L RUTTE R. 

